Cody Tags

Hello,

Recently, I quit my job and started up my own eBay business. It had been a dream all my life, to own my own business. I started just a few months ago, and everything was going flawless. I have a great supplier, great products, and great customer service, etc. While we were new on eBay, they had set limits on how much we could sell and Paypal put 21-day holds on all our funds, till the customers received their items. It was just recently, that we turned into eBay Powersellers and received the status of "Top Rated Sellers".

Everything was going just perfect, up until recently. My mother-in-law needs a LOT of teeth work done. So, I decided I would list my cherished Jimi Hendrix poster online, to raise funds for her teeth work, because my business was new and not to the point of affording $5000 teeth work. I put it up for a 10-day auction and everything was going just fine. About halfway thru my auction, it was generating bids and lots of interest!

Then, the bottom fell out..... A gentleman from California was interested in our poster, and stated that he would like to purchase it. He said if we took the listing down, he would send us $3500. We agreed and took it down. He paid us within 10 minutes! We thought we had hit the jackpot. Not only was my business taking off, now I could afford my mother-in-laws teeth work! The very next day, I put his poster in the mail and we went to pay the down payment at the dentist and a few other bills off. Everything was looking good. Later that night, I received an email from Paypal, that the buyer had put a claim in! He stated that it was not as described, even though he had not even received it yet! It was still in route, thru the postal service. He had buyers remorse and Paypal froze my funds up.

No big deal, I am an eBay Powerseller, I should be able to make the funds really fast, right? No. When a customer buys something from us, we use their money they just paid us, to purchase their part and have it shipped to them. If my Paypal account is frozen and in the red for $3000, I am not able to sell anything or ship anything off!

Now, Paypal has paid the customer back and I am just sitting here trying to figure out what to do next. My dream I had started and finally got off the ground, is now ruined. I worked 20 hour days to get this off the ground, and now feel like a failure. I cannot do anything until the money is paid back. I have no way of doing anything.

I quit my job to do this and we are now struggling. It actually makes me sick, knowing I tried so hard to get to the Powerseller level, to have it all ruined because a customer wanted his money back on an item I had a "No Refund Policy" on. Paypal ruled in his favor without even talking to me.

My Paypal balance is a -$2741.79. I really need help getting it back to ZERO. Please consider a donation for a guy that is really trying to do something with his life. I am a 40 year old male and have been a failure all my life and now I have something that is working, and just when my family started noticing, my hopes were all dashed again. Failure surrounds me.

I could really use any help you can give at this time. I am a "Pay It Forward" type of guy myself. If I am helped out of this mess, I will Pay It Forward in the near future, to a charity in the same amount.

Thanks for your time,
Cody

Ok I am like alot of people on here. I got Pride also. But there comes a time in a persons life where u have to let it go. An now is my time to do so.
I'm a 44 year old women who's lived a life od hell. I've been married had kids at young age. Gave first son up tp family and second have had our times but back with me. Gave him up for LOVE. NEVER AGAIN. IT AINT WORTH THE COST.

My reason on here is coz he and I are struggling bad. I lost my job in 2009 and been in and out of jobs. Got evicted once and now again coz of it. Got hurt on job and sued them but borrowed money and settlement came money was gone. Now son comes home after 2 years of schooling and military to help me. An work but I'm not suppose to but can't live without money. An to make a long story short. We have jobs but no money to work it. Need vehicle and it needs gas.
We r about to get kicked out of our home. We have just found out I'm pregnant and have no heat on, no hot water and going to loose everything. I've called everywhere for help. Everyone is where I'm at. But no insurance no norhing. My hands r tied again waiting on lawyer to finish second case. I CANNOT WORK AND MAY LOOSE BABY.
SO IF U COULD FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO HELP IT WILL BE GIVEN BACK TWICE FOLD.
WE NEED CLOSE TO 2000 TO PAY EVERYTHING. AM SEEKING. GOVT ASSISTANCE BUT NOTHING YET. FAMILY NO LONGER EXIST TO US. PLEASE NEED BEFORE END OF.MONTH.
YOU WILL BE BLESSED AND REWARDED FOR YOUR DEED.
SAVE A BABY. IM TEN WEEKZ AND ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS.

THANKS
KERRI & CODY

I am a workaholic who can no longer work due to my wife's disabilities. We have two boys and live in a two bedroom apartment with 11 years of memories. My wife has recently found out that she has COPD and Emphysema. She went to the doctor two days ago and they found a growth on her heart. On top of all of this she has been wearing a medical boot for two years due to a break and the onset of Mersa in her bone marrow which will not allow sugery for the fear of the Mersa spreading to her heart and lungs.
The doctors have told us that she has two to three years to live. She will leave behind our two boys Cody 10 and Logan 9.
We are at the end of our resourses and only have an income of $620.OO per month in which our rent is 650. We will have our electric shut off as of 5/20/2011 and then we will be getting evicted because I can not work. I am perfectly capable and willing to work except for the fact that if I do, my wife will lose all of her medical assistance and there is no possible way I can afford the expense. For the last year now I have been my wifes caretaker and take care of our house and the children. I have been doing the best I can until now. We stand to lose everything and become homeless and have no idea what to do about it . My wife is on a CPAP at night and can't sleep or breathe without it as well as the fact that she can only walk for 5 to 10 minutes at a time.
She has been waiting two years for SSI and is told she will have a hearing in the next 11 months. We really need help to pay rent and electric in order to exsist. any amount would help at this point. I am not the type to beg but I must at this point plee for the help we so need. I just want my wife to be comfortable for the last few years she has left.
Thank you for your attention any assistance would be helpful.

HELP SAVE MY SON FROM A OXY CONTIN OVERDOSE..
Cody has always been a good boy. He was smart,athletic, and considerate. With a promising future. Somewhere along,he has lost complete focus on what was important in life. He is 15 and strung out on Oxy Contin..That drug has robbed my son of his innocent inner being. He has done so many hoeric things to feed his addiction. my son has almost od twice. the paramedic had to give him a shot of Narco to revive him. Each time ha is taken to juvenile hall. Each time he gets out, his addiction is worse... My worse fear is that my son will end up dead or in prision. I have no insurance to send him to a rehap. Anything donated is greatly appreciate.
A little info on oxy contin:. Oxycontin is a time-release formula that contains a significantly greater amount of oxycodone.Oxycontin has been linked to over a hundred deaths. Its high and addiction have been compared to those of heroin. The devastation associated with Oxycontin includes armed robberies, criminal indictments of doctors, individual and state lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, and concern from the DEA and FDA. The DEA has asked Purdue Pharma to change its strategy regarding Oxycontin. These suggestions included: marketing Oxycontin only to pain specialists, omit the claim that Oxycontin is less subject to abuse than other narcotics, and reformulation of the drug.
I initially began writing this blog as a means to combat the use of oxy-contin and to point out how easily it hooks you on heroin. What i realized is that I am the mother of an addict… I have never taken oxycontin or heroin. Who am I to talk about addiction? What I have recognized is the pain that runs through a family dealing with addiction….

Cody has always been a good boy. He was smart,athletic, and considerate. With a promising future. Somewhere along,he has lost complete focus on what was important in life. He is 15 and strung out on Oxy Contin..That drug has robbed my son of his innocent inner being. He has done so many hoeric things to feed his addiction. my son has almost od twice. the paramedic had to give him a shot of Narco to revive him. Each time ha is taken to juvenile hall. Each time he gets out, his addiction is worse... My worse fear is that my son will end up dead or in prision. I have no insurance to send him to a rehap. Its over 10,000. Iam desperate. please donate just 1 dollar to help him get the help he needs.!

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Our little Cody has not been well. Since he was just a month or so old he has had a problem choking when he eats. Around the time that he was eight months old we noticed he was having these choking episodes with much more frequency and they were becoming more severe. It got to the point where we were afraid to even give him a bottle without having the phone ready to call 911!

We took him to his doctor, who suggested we see a feeding specialist. And so began our journey.....

Right away Rosie (the specialist) noticed that Cody had trouble moving his tongue and chewing food. He tended to rush when he ate and that caused even more choking, but he was choking on everything- even just water. After a horrifying episode during one of his sessions, in which Cody choked on a piece of bread and turned blue, Rosie and Dr. Pepper (Cody's doctor) decided it was time for a Swallow Study.

During the study our little Cody enjoyed every last bit of barium as we watched him mash up food and try to swallow it. The speech therapist who was monitoring the test noticed that Cody's esophagus didn't seem to be moving quite right, he rarely chewed and had a lot of acid reflux going on. Aside from those observations, Cody had Oral Dysphagia as well. Those findings led us to an Upper GI Study that ruled out some really bad stuff, but Cody started having new symptoms. He was having difficulty breathing and had to be on nebulizer treatments, was increasingly grumpy, was gassy and had a very full looking belly that hurt so badly sometimes that he couldn't give us hugs. It wasn't long until he slowed down on his eating and Dr. Pepper decided it was time for a trip to Denver Children's Hospital.

In Denver Cody met a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Pulmonary doctor who read his records and checked him in for several more tests. An Endoscopy and a Broncoscopy turned up a very nice looking esophagus (even the biopsies looked good!) but some pretty bad asthma. They placed a tube in his nose for another test called a PH Impedence Study to measure what was coming back up form the stomach and during which times it was happening. This was all very hard on our tiny little man. He had a horrible reaction to the anethesia which forced him to have to be hooked up to monitors. Anyone who knows our Cody knows what a busy little guy he is!

The results were confusing, though, because Cody had been on a medication that was supposed to help with motility and we knew it did SOMETHING for him- but with his great looking esophagus we weren't sure what it was helping with. If his esophagus was moving fine, why did a drug that was supposed to help it move make him feel a little better? The doctors decided to do a Gastric Emptying Study as well. Cody was NOT happy because he couldn't eat for yet another day. If you know our Cody- you know he loves to eat!

The next day we did the study and it didn't take long to get the results. In the time it takes the average stomach to empty, Cody's stomach had only emptied 7% of it's contents. The medication had been helping his little belly move. Unfortunately, it has some nasty side effects and he can't go back on it. They are currently trying him on a low dose of Erythromycin, which is the last medication available to treat Gastroparesis (Delayed Gastric Emptying), according to our medical team.

We soon got the results of the tube they placed in his nose, as well. Cody has a pretty big reflux problem, too. Since his belly is so slow to empty, his acid has no place to go but up. No wonder he is so grumpy. The constant flow of acid is also a huge trigger for the breathing problems he is having. They are now trying him on both Zantac and Prevacid- both drugs that have not worked well alone, but we are praying they will work better together.

We are trying hard to give Cody small meals throughout the day and to incorporate all the nutrients he needs, but its hard. With the delayed emptying we are supposed to avoid high fat and high fiber foods. We already have to avoid eggs, dairy, soy, berries and nuts due to allergies, so you can imagine what a challenge we have on our hands!

Cody's GI doctors have recomended 2-3 surgeries, including a feeding tube. Gastroparesis is a Dysmotility Disorder. There is a small chance he could outgrow this and there is also a small chance it is actually caused by something treatable- although in 60% of the cases there is no known cause.

In order to fully understand Cody's condition, why he has it and what all the options are, as well as how to care for him properly- we need to take him to Columbus, Ohio to see one of the very few Dysmotility Specialists in the country. We have no idea how long we'll have to be there or how much of this trip will come out of our pockets. Cody's insurance does not cover any travel expenses and will likely not cover any repeat testing he may need. He is currently on a modified diet and they don't cover the costs of any of that, either.


We are asking that our friends, family and anyone who is able come together to help us- both financially and spiritually. We need the finances to get us there and keep us going even when we can't work due to surgery or whatever may come; and we need your prayers and support to keep us strong as we try to manage this difficult and unfamiliar situation. We want so badly for our baby to feel better- he has brought us so much joy and is truely our little sunshine!

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read our story and for doing what you can!